Ok, recently as finals are coming, and I have shit load of work to do, I find a need to stay up very late without falling asleep ANY BIT. But being the person I am, the maximum time I can stay up is 10:30, which is embarassing. So any tips or advice to staying up late, and brutally opressing any sleep urges?

Edit: Sorry for the typo in the Title

obloquy

United States265 Posts

December 10 2007 03:27 GMT

Lots of soda, sugar, caffeine, energy drinks, and cocaine...preferably all at once.

Day[9]

United States7366 Posts

December 10 2007 03:29 GMT

don't stay up late if you can't

sleep is far more important than studying

if you are convinced you need to stay up to work, just get up early instead

fanatacist

10319 Posts

December 10 2007 03:32 GMT

I prefer to sleep usual time, and wake up earlier to do all my work. Way earlier.

Snet

United States3573 Posts

December 10 2007 03:42 GMT

keep lights on, drink a soda or energy drink, don't "rest your eyes", don't keep looking at the time

idk what else to suggest, i never really have a problem staying awake >_<

fanatacist

10319 Posts

December 10 2007 03:47 GMT

On December 10 2007 12:42 Snet wrote:
keep lights on, drink a soda or energy drink, don't "rest your eyes", don't keep looking at the time

idk what else to suggest, i never really have a problem staying awake >_<

I found that soda only gives me a momentary feeling of being awake. I'd recommend eating carbs like bread and pasta, which are a longer lasting form of energy.

Divinek

Canada4045 Posts

December 10 2007 03:57 GMT

Try some dayquil.

FoieGras

Canada270 Posts

December 10 2007 03:58 GMT

A few things I do is go outside, take a walk or go for a light jog while trying to go over key points in your head (especially when it's cold). Have some hard candy or gum when you're feeling tired (or chocolate if you're not worried about all the fat that's in it). Stretching and washing your face also helps. But if you're really sleepy and you just can't stand it, sleep for a few hours. You'd make more progress when you wake up than if you don't sleep at all.

Folca

2235 Posts

December 10 2007 04:06 GMT

COFFFFFEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee

QuanticHawk

United States32035 Posts

December 10 2007 04:07 GMT

#10

coke.

adderol works wonders too.

but go to bed early, and wake up early and study, its better.

Lemonwalrus

United States5465 Posts

December 10 2007 04:13 GMT

#11

I wish I had this problem, I have the opposite problem. I don't know if I am technically an insomniac, but I never go to sleep before 4 or 5 am. Even when I do get in bed, I still wont fall asleep for at least an hour. I've gotten used to it, since I was like that all through high school and so far through college, but I really wish I could sleep regularly. But I would say, as others said, if your body wants to go to sleep at 10:30, let it, and wake up earlier. People rarely get quality work done as efficiently when their body wants sleep or food or whatever.

thoraxe

United States1449 Posts

December 10 2007 05:22 GMT

#12

I'm a normal, I go to sleep around 2am most of the time(mostly because of homework), and could stay up later, but I have school. Surprisingly on the weekends I sleep before 12.

turn the light on, and have some cofee, don't lay down, and have the same mentality as you would have when anticipating a LIVE EVER OSL 2007 FINAL BROADCAST!!!

littlechava

United States7216 Posts

December 10 2007 05:39 GMT

#13

not looking at the time is a pretty good tip, i have such a hard time with that
its like impossible for me to study without looking at the clock every 2 minutes :| i dunno why i always wait till the last minute for this shit

but tbh i think energy drinks+mass caffeine might be a bad idea, like day said sleep is more important, if you study so much that you'll be dead tired the next day whats the point? also, caffeine and sugar drinks tend to only give me a slight push, followed by a big slump in energy.

intotherainx

United States504 Posts

December 10 2007 05:43 GMT

#14

staying awake is all mental. you can pop 3 caffeine pills but if you don't want to stay awake badly enough, you won't be able to. lol, but if you want products, red bull works like a charm. you'll get over the bad taste, and eventually end up liking it.

knyttym

United States5797 Posts

December 10 2007 06:19 GMT

#15

I usually shower when I start getting tired and drinking something hot also helps me.
Like, if I need to stay up until 3, I will shower at like 12 and drink tea constantly.

kdog3683

United States916 Posts

December 10 2007 06:31 GMT

#16

drink a nice warm glass of milk. ( + turkey if you have any)
Read any book authored by tolstoy.

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

December 10 2007 06:53 GMT

#17

don't stay up late if you can't

sleep is far more important than studying

I disagree. I've written some of my most brilliant shit when I'm sleep deprived and can barely go on. It's not something I do very often, but it helps for important papers and finals. Then again, I think I need that feeling of desperation to really get going.

I don't do anything besides caffeine though.

ram

Lithuania602 Posts

December 10 2007 09:43 GMT

#18

On December 10 2007 12:29 Day[9] wrote:
don't stay up late if you can't

sleep is far more important than studying

if you are convinced you need to stay up to work, just get up early instead

oh so true!
then wake up at 4am, drink a good cup of coffe and here you go!
i used to do that for studying and it's a better idea, cuz in the morning your brain is fresh

Aepplet

Sweden2908 Posts

December 10 2007 10:40 GMT

#19

err..conditioning sucks. what you do is you partion the night and take siestas instead.

for example last week i got up really early to do some work, slept one hour around lunch, then i fell asleep again (by accident) at 7pm only to wake up at 10pm. After that i was not sleepy at all and stayed up studying until 8.30 in the morning (had breakfast at 4.30). The next day I woke up at 12.30, not worse than a really lazy weekend.

tec27

United States3694 Posts

December 10 2007 13:52 GMT

#20

Live in a dorm. I couldn't really get to sleep before 1AM around here except for rare cases

Sourdough

Germany92 Posts

December 10 2007 15:47 GMT

#21

Get a late night job, working somewhere you absolutely have to stay up because its extremely stressfull. Staying up will be your least problem in no time...

Getting up in the morning might be your next one though ;-)

MiniRoman

Canada3953 Posts

December 10 2007 16:16 GMT

#22

Smoke pot all night OO!

Fen

Australia1848 Posts

December 10 2007 16:54 GMT

#23

sleep for 4 hours and then get back up. 12 hours later, do It again. This is a more efficient way of sleeping rather than the standard 16 hours awake 8 hours asleep routine. You end up gaining an extra couple of hours a day in awake time, without feeling tired. The only problem is that this rythm will mean that you are not synced with the rest of the world.

FirstBorn

Romania3955 Posts

December 10 2007 17:51 GMT

#24

On December 10 2007 15:31 kdog3683 wrote:
drink a nice warm glass of milk. ( + turkey if you have any)
Read any book authored by tolstoy.

All of the above make me sleepy.

Can't really post any suggestions since I need these tips too.

EpiK

Korea (South)5757 Posts

December 10 2007 17:59 GMT

#25

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation#Effects_on_the_brain

sleep > staying up all night studying

JensOfSweden

Cameroon1767 Posts

December 10 2007 19:09 GMT

#26

Staying up is only good if you're in the middle of something and on a roll. Otherwise, get a good nights sleep and go at it in the morning again, late nights and lack of sleep make me less concentrated and motivated to do stuff in general.

il0seonpurpose

Korea (South)5638 Posts

December 10 2007 20:38 GMT

#27

Energy drinks are good, Monster, Red Bull are the best, but I think you should just study alot and then go to sleep early.

SirKibbleX

United States479 Posts

December 10 2007 23:21 GMT

#28

Hide all your clocks, close blinds, and turn on all lights. Your topic ttile is ironically very correct. In human psychology light levels are subtle cues to your brain that its sleepy time. I've seen studies that allowed people to stay awake nearly all night as long as the subjects were kept busy and unaware of the time. Sort of explains how I can lose so many hours playing SC...

But yeah, often by studying without a good amount of sleep will do a lot less good than getting some sleep, getting up early, and cramming it in.

Thegreatbeyond

United States287 Posts

December 10 2007 23:30 GMT

#29

On December 11 2007 05:38 il0seonpurpose wrote:
Energy drinks are good, Monster, Red Bull are the best, but I think you should just study alot and then go to sleep early.

Aren't they like REALLY bad for your brain, and body?

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